Image credit: Homemade Pie art print by Jenna Park of Sweet Fine Day I belong to a garden club. We meet, we share stories and plants, and we try to make our town a better place. A few years ago, wanting to dovetail into a greater town plan to revitalize our gorgeous, unique, and underused riverfront, we starting making pies. Pies for the riverfront! Hurrah! In late summer, … [Read more...] about writing as a pie-making party
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The 4 Elements of Your Personal Introduction—Or, How To Make Sense Of Your Life When You Have 15 Bajillion Different Passions.
Image credit: 'just be you' print by Amanda Helmer a super special guest post by Alexandra Franzen “So, what do you do?” For multi-passionate, multi-talented, multi-faceted creatives, it’s The Most Dreaded Question of All. “What do I do? Where do I start?!” The truth is, synthesizing the fullness of your Being into a snappy 10-second introduction isn’t easy. But it doesn’t … [Read more...] about The 4 Elements of Your Personal Introduction—Or, How To Make Sense Of Your Life When You Have 15 Bajillion Different Passions.
We Have Enough//We Are Enough//We Do Enough
So much of the marketing world is filled with pitches and imperatives; 'do/buy/make this and you will...' and promises of grandness; 'join this/that/the other thing and double/triple your...', so many of them implying that what you have or are right now is not enough. You are lacking the secret sauce, the magic mojo, a red pill to open all the doors to your … [Read more...] about We Have Enough//We Are Enough//We Do Enough
The Two Things You Must Know To Build A Community Around Your Business
image credit: Lower Lawrenceville Small businesses are just that... they're small. They're personal. They're intimate. They're customized. People fall in love with small businesses because they connect with the business's brand in some way. If you want your business to grow, building a community will make it happen quicker than trying to do it all by yourself. Tweet that … [Read more...] about The Two Things You Must Know To Build A Community Around Your Business
The Smart Way to Style Your Facebook Page
Facebook has a some not-so-obvious sizes and settings for cropping and shrinking images, and I'm here today to demystify what they have going on and keep them from throwing a wrench into your graphic work. So you have yourself a business of some type and you're working on building your online community. Surely you have a Facebook business page, right? If so, let's work on … [Read more...] about The Smart Way to Style Your Facebook Page
